1912-Mordecai Dov Alpert, born 1855, was rabbi here.
Birthplace of Shmarya Levin 1867-1935, Zionist activist. Childhood in
Exile, 1929, was an English tranlation of his memoir of childhood years
in Svislotch.

References: There is an article about Svisloch in the
Russian language Jewish Encyclopedia (Evreiskaya Encyclopedia). The article can
be found in volume XIV, page 74-75, and is 25 lines long. (contributed by Joel
Spector)